Your sunrise summary of everything you need to know about weather in Houston.

4cast·in·5seconds

Developing storms should keep temperatures in the low 90s.

run·down

An unorganized tropical disturbance is approaching the southern Texas coast this morning, and as you can see in the visible satellite image below all of the associated shower activity is located to the north of its circulation.

Visible satellite image from 6:35 a.m. CT. (NOAA)

The disturbance has already spawned scattered showers and thunderstorms across the southern part of the Houston metro area this morning, and it’s likely the storms will move further inland throughout the morning and afternoon hours.

Not every location will see rain today, but due to the tropical nature of the air mass, where storms develop they could be intense, producing rainfall rates as high as 2 inches per hour.

After today there’s no consensus in the model forecasts. It’s clear the atmosphere above the Houston region will remain quite moist, but it’s not clear whether there will be heavy rain on Friday and Saturday in the metro area, or just off to the east.

In any case, there’s the potential for storms for the next few days. The second half of Labor Day weekend looks to dry out somewhat, but it still looks like temperatures will remain in the low 90s.

It’s also worth noting that the region could see another round of tropical moisture next week, as another disturbance moves into the southern Gulf of Mexico.

Another tropical disturbance should move into the southern Gulf of Mexico early next week. (NOAA)

It’s not known whether this system will remain in the Bay of Campeche, or move far enough north to affect Texas. But it’s August, so it’s a system definitely worth watching for the possibility of more tropical rainfall next week.

trop·ics

The tropics are heating up, as one would expect in late August.

haiku

“91”

Tropical rain storms

make some of the prettiest,

gargantuan clouds

final·fact

A strong hurricane made landfall near Matagorda on this date in 1945. There were three deaths associated with the hurricane and winds gusted to 120 mph

14 Responses

Reports have called for rain all week and NOTHING has happened. ughhhh
I don’t want flooding…just some good rain since we haven’t had anything in weeks!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the update. Have a great day!

eric,
has anyone studied where it rains the most in Houston.
if you divided the city into 4 quadrants, with I-45 the dividing line between east and west, and I-10 the north and south line, continue I-45 in a straight line south of I-10 to complete the division.

I live in the southwest section, and it seems we never get the rain the rest of the city gets. I’m sure that everybody feels the same, but was just wondering.